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The Evelyn M Davies Foundation Trust at a glance

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The Evelyn M Davies Foundation Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$301k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MHealth$435kFood & Nutrition$382kHuman Services$168kArts & Culture$104kHousing & Shelter$12kYouth Development$10kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK$100,000
LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS$40,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$40,000
SILENT WINGS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC$25,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK$15,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$15,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
LUBBOCK IMPACT$10,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$9,000
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$9,000
MEALS ON WHEELS CENTRAL TEXAS$9,000
RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST$8,000
LUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE$5,000
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$4,000
SCURRY COUNTY MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%LOVEPACS: $4k → 5%LORETO HOUSE: $6k → 8%SCURRY COUNTY MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE: $1k → 15%LOVEPACS: $3k → 5%LORETO HOUSE: $5k → 8%SCURRY COUNTY MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE: $1k → 15%JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $4k → 8%LUBBOCK IMPACT: $10k → 17%TEXAS BOYS RANCH: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 15 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$2.1M
$316k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
0%

Still filing today

73%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $274k · revenue +14%
  • SP
    SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $202k · revenue +10%
  • RF
    RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST
    9× · 2017–2025 · $161k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • SA
    SHARP ACADEMY
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LUBBOCK
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -43%
  • SP
    SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +24%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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2
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
3
South Texas Food Bank

To alleviate hunger in the immediate service area through the distribution of food products donated by the usda, feeding america, area grocery stores, etc. which are distributed to the needy by way of area food banks and other qualified…

Community Improvement
4
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
5
High Plains Food Bank

The High Plains Food Bank exists to help solve the issue of hunger and food insecurity in the Texas Panhandle.

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6
Lubbock Family Outreach Center Inc Dba Family Guidance & Outreach Center

The Family Guidance & Outreach Center of Lubbock is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and supporting, mentoring, and educating parents.

Human Services
7
Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc

Food distribution to the hungry throughout an eight county service territory in Southeast Texas.

Human Services
8
Lubbock Area United Way Inc

Giving people hope. working to address the root issues of the significant challenges facing our south plains communities to create lasting, positive change.

Philanthropy
9
Hays County Food Bank

To alleviate hunger by distributing food to families who are food deprived through a network of volunteers and other agencies within Hays County.

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10
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce

The lubbock chamber of commerce provides promotion of business and community growth and development as well as preserving the competitive business enterprise system in the lubbock and surrounding area.

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11
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More

See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…

Human Services
12
Goodwill Industries of Lubbock Inc

Goodwill is a local nonprofit helping people overcome challenges, build skills, find jobs and grow careers.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Girls and Boys Ranch; the most unlike its peers is Silent Wings Museum Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $790,250 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INCSouthern Methodist University: $28,050 · EducationTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY: $365,825 · OtherTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYSHARP ACADEMY: $100,000 · OtherSHARP ACADEMYYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LUBBOCK: $99,750 · OtherYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION…SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherSOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE FOUNDATIONSILENT WINGS FOUNDATION: $47,450 · OtherSILENT WINGS FOUNDATIONMEALS ON WHEELS CENTRAL TEXAS: $43,063 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS CENTRAL TEXAS+7 more: $61,475 · Other+7 moreCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC: $273,562 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CEN…RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST: $161,125 · HealthRETINA FOUNDATION OF…SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $202,000 · Food & NutritionSOUTH PLAINS F…LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $107,000 · Food & NutritionLUBBOCK MEALS …Silent Wings Museum Foundation Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $26,200 · Arts & CultureLUBBOCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureLORETO HOUSE: $11,490 · Human ServicesLUBBOCK IMPACT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLovepacs: $7,485 · Human ServicesTEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $4,125 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES: $2,250 · Human ServicesSCURRY COUNTY MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE: $2,000 · Human ServicesToolbank USA Inc: $4,000 · Community ImprovementLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $1,900 · Housing & Shelter
Education$818,300Other$767,563Health$434,687Food & Nutrition$309,000Arts & Culture$79,200Human Services$42,350Community Improvement$4,000Housing & Shelter$1,900

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $790,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC: $273,562 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $202,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST: $161,125 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetLUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $107,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LUBBOCK: $99,750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSilent Wings Museum Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetSOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $28,050 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $26,200 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetLORETO HOUSE: $11,490 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD BANK OF RIO GRANDE VALLEY INC: $9,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLovepacs: $7,485 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $4,125 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetToolbank USA Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUBBOCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES: $2,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ch Foundation IncTexas Instruments Fou…Kuykendall FoundationCommunity Foundation …International Assoc o…South Plains Foundati…Helen Jones Foundatio…Diekemper Family Foun…Ershel Franklin Chari…Xcel Energy FoundationLubbock Osteopathic F…Daji Foundation
Ch Foundation IncTX24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ch Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Kuykendall Foundation · Community Foundation of West Texas · International Assoc of Lions Clubs · South Plains Foundation · Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Diekemper Family Foundation Inc · Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · Lubbock Osteopathic Fund Inc · Daji Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Evelyn M Davies Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Evelyn M Davies Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Evelyn M Davies Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Evelyn M Davies Foundation Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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